Sooner Be Blue

Mostly politics, a few current events, a squirt of seltzer down yer pants .. a little blog for my rambles and rants.

2008/11/20

"Arizonan will head Homeland Security"

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@ 07:07 AM (11 months, 22 days ago)
 
From politico.com: "Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration policy and border security, which are part of Homeland Security’s myriad functions.
 
Napolitano brings law-and-order experience from her stint as the Grand Canyon State’s first female attorney general.[..]"
 
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15815.html
 
Hmm...I've heard her described as competent, tough but fair...and she certainly has experience with the illegal immigration issue. I could be wrong, but I think she joked about 13 foot ladders for 12 foot walls...or maybe that was Richardson. Whatever, she has to be an improvement over Michael Chertoff.
 
Okay so far we have (maybe):
State: Hillary Clinton
Treasury:
Defense: Robert Gates (likely to stay on)
Attorney General: Eric Holder
Interior:
Agriculture:
Commerce: Penny Pritzker
Labor:
Health and Human Services: Tom Daschle
Housing and Urban Development:
Transportation:
Energy:
Education:
Veterans Affairs:
Homeland Security: Janet Napolitano
 
Just musing about the rest:
Defense (when Gates departs): Chuck Hagel
Treasury:  Jon Corzine
Interior: Bill Richardson
Agriculture: Tom Vilsack
Labor: ?
HUD: Manuel Diaz
Transportation: ?
Energy: Al Gore (very unlikely)
Education: Linda Darling-Hammond
Veterans Affairs: Max Cleland
 
Righties have their knickers in a twist about Obama picking insiders and Clinton-ites and what not, but did people really expect him to NOT pick qualified individuals? I'd rather he pick people who know how to get things done, then actually do that. That's the change that matters, and that's what his picks so far all have in common -- they know how to get things done.